Edmund Spenser

Poem 2

EArly before the worlds light giuing lampe,His golden beame vpon the hils doth spred,Hauing disperst the nights vnchearefull dampe,Doe ye awake and with fresh lusty hed,Go to the bowre of my beloued loue,My truest turtle doueBid her awake; for Hymen is awake,And long since ready forth his maske to moue,With his bright Tead that flames with many a flake,And many a bachelor to waite on him,In theyr fresh garments trim.Bid her awake therefore and soone her dight,For lo the wished day is come at last,That shall for al the paynes and sorrowes past,Pay to her vsury of long delight,And whylest she doth her dight,Doe ye to her of ioy and solace sing,That all the woods may answer and your eccho ring.